New to the board.
When I was in between colleges I deciced to get rid of my s-10 blazer and trade it in on a 73 landcruiser fj40. I thought it was great even though it broke a hundred yard away from the dealer. Funny thing it still had "just married" on the back. The dealer never rubbed it off after someone traded it in. I loved that vehicle. Drove it all through my days at Winthrop. It was a little rough but I had no money and did all of the maint my self.
Well for some stupid reason I put it in the paper to sell for 2400 thinking no one would buy it. Boy was I wrong. The 1st peson who resonded the next day bought it. And I had 50 calls over the next day with with the first words out of there mouths was "I'll buy it". At that point I knew I had mad a mistake.
Ten years later I met my soon to be wife. Still wanting a landcruiser but just didn't have the funds. Well my wife took me over to a coworkers house for some drinks. I met this guy named Alex " I think you guys migt know him"who was driving a nice 71 fj40 if I can remember right. Seeing that cruiser made me determined to get another one. He didn't know this but I had gone outside and looked it over pretty thuroughly.
Well a year had gone by and my wife and I decide to get rid of our Touareg and get something more feasible to drive. We have this week gotten a Pacifica . But the great part of the story is I got my LAndcruiser to. I just happened to look on ebay and there was one in easly for sale. I call the guy on the phone. He just got back from Iraq and had just gotten married and needed a new car. I went over and looked at it and just loved it. I ended up convincing him to take it off e-bay and sell it to me. I'm sure most of you have probably seen it. It's not hard to spot. It's Clemson orange. Not my favorite color but that can be changed.
They guy I bought it from did very little to it and he had it for three years. But who ever had it before him knew what the were doing. It has headers, 4 wheel disk brakes, rock guards every where. a soft and hard top. A 9500lb warn winch, 33s and a full roll cage and has a spring under set up. The guy I bought it from also gave me all the original part that were taken off it. Springs, carb and a bunch of other stuff including the original smog setup and the rear heater which is a find.
SO I'll be posting some pictures over the next few days, and asking a lot of questions.. Because it's been a while on owning one. Once he started it up and slammed the door shut, he sold me. Those two sounds are un forgetable. Plus I look forward to meet you guys.
When I was in between colleges I deciced to get rid of my s-10 blazer and trade it in on a 73 landcruiser fj40. I thought it was great even though it broke a hundred yard away from the dealer. Funny thing it still had "just married" on the back. The dealer never rubbed it off after someone traded it in. I loved that vehicle. Drove it all through my days at Winthrop. It was a little rough but I had no money and did all of the maint my self.
Well for some stupid reason I put it in the paper to sell for 2400 thinking no one would buy it. Boy was I wrong. The 1st peson who resonded the next day bought it. And I had 50 calls over the next day with with the first words out of there mouths was "I'll buy it". At that point I knew I had mad a mistake.
Ten years later I met my soon to be wife. Still wanting a landcruiser but just didn't have the funds. Well my wife took me over to a coworkers house for some drinks. I met this guy named Alex " I think you guys migt know him"who was driving a nice 71 fj40 if I can remember right. Seeing that cruiser made me determined to get another one. He didn't know this but I had gone outside and looked it over pretty thuroughly.
Well a year had gone by and my wife and I decide to get rid of our Touareg and get something more feasible to drive. We have this week gotten a Pacifica . But the great part of the story is I got my LAndcruiser to. I just happened to look on ebay and there was one in easly for sale. I call the guy on the phone. He just got back from Iraq and had just gotten married and needed a new car. I went over and looked at it and just loved it. I ended up convincing him to take it off e-bay and sell it to me. I'm sure most of you have probably seen it. It's not hard to spot. It's Clemson orange. Not my favorite color but that can be changed.
They guy I bought it from did very little to it and he had it for three years. But who ever had it before him knew what the were doing. It has headers, 4 wheel disk brakes, rock guards every where. a soft and hard top. A 9500lb warn winch, 33s and a full roll cage and has a spring under set up. The guy I bought it from also gave me all the original part that were taken off it. Springs, carb and a bunch of other stuff including the original smog setup and the rear heater which is a find.
SO I'll be posting some pictures over the next few days, and asking a lot of questions.. Because it's been a while on owning one. Once he started it up and slammed the door shut, he sold me. Those two sounds are un forgetable. Plus I look forward to meet you guys.
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, You will have to join upstate cruisers ASAP and bring your cruiser to the April meeting so we can check it out. It sounds like it is set up pretty good for some offroading, and the we the Clemson Mafia love to wheel being the young guns in the club. So you will have to make sure and come break your cruiser in right with us one weekend on some local trails. 
